<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <title>jQuery UI Autocomplete - Multiple values</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../themes/base/all.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../demos.css"> <script src="../../external/requirejs/require.js"></script> <script src="../bootstrap.js"> var availableTags = [ "ActionScript", "AppleScript", "Asp", "BASIC", "C", "C++", "Clojure", "COBOL", "ColdFusion", "Erlang", "Fortran", "Groovy", "Haskell", "Java", "JavaScript", "Lisp", "Perl", "PHP", "Python", "Ruby", "Scala", "Scheme" ]; function split( val ) { return val.split( /,\s*/ ); } function extractLast( term ) { return split( term ).pop(); } $( "#tags" ) // don't navigate away from the field on tab when selecting an item .on( "keydown", function( event ) { if ( event.keyCode === $.ui.keyCode.TAB && $( this ).autocomplete( "instance" ).menu.active ) { event.preventDefault(); } }) .autocomplete({ minLength: 0, source: function( request, response ) { // delegate back to autocomplete, but extract the last term response( $.ui.autocomplete.filter( availableTags, extractLast( request.term ) ) ); }, focus: function() { // prevent value inserted on focus return false; }, select: function( event, ui ) { var terms = split( this.value ); // remove the current input terms.pop(); // add the selected item terms.push( ui.item.value ); // add placeholder to get the comma-and-space at the end terms.push( "" ); this.value = terms.join( ", " ); return false; } }); </script> </head> <body> <div class="ui-widget"> <label for="tags">Tag programming languages: </label> <input id="tags" size="50"> </div> <div class="demo-description"> <p>Usage: Type something, eg. "j" to see suggestions for tagging with programming languages. Select a value, then continue typing to add more.</p> <p>This is an example showing how to use the source-option along with some events to enable autocompleting multiple values into a single field.</p> </div> </body> </html>